Texas football releases tribute video for Hall-of-Famer to be Ricky Williams

Ricky Williams was a huge star at Texas in the late 1990s, and his greatness will be recognized when he is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Dec 8.

To honor the Longhorn legend, Texas released a cool tribute video highlighting Williams’ best performances as a member of the program. No. 34 in burnt orange ran for 6,279 yards and 72 touchdowns in his four years in Austin. As astounding as those numbers are, the optics are equally impressive. Check out the video Texas created to honor Williams:

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Joe Boozell has been a college basketball writer for NCAA.com since 2015. His work has also appeared in Bleacher Report, FOXSports.com and NBA.com. Joe’s claim to fame since joining NCAA.com: he’s predicted the correct national championship game twice… and picked the wrong winner both times. Growing up, Joe squared off against both Anthony Davis and Frank Kaminsky in the Chicagoland basketball scene. You can imagine how that went.

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